Breakdown of Pidätkö enemmän moottoriurheilusta vai vanhoista kilpa-autoista?
vanha
old
vai
or (in questions)
pitää
to like
enemmän
more (comparative of paljon)
moottoriurheilu
motorsport
kilpa-auto
race car
Questions & Answers about Pidätkö enemmän moottoriurheilusta vai vanhoista kilpa-autoista?
Why are both moottoriurheilusta and vanhoista kilpa-autoista in the elative (-sta) case?
The verb pitää (when it means 'to like') always requires the object you like to be in the elative case (-sta or -stä).
Why does this sentence use vai for 'or' instead of tai?
In Finnish, vai is specifically used in questions where you are asking the listener to make a direct choice between the options presented. The word tai is used for 'or' in regular statements or open questions.
How does the word vanha (old) become vanhoista?
This is the plural elative form. When adding the plural marker -i- to a word ending in -a, the -a often changes to -o-. So vanha becomes the stem vanho-, plus the plural -i-, plus the elative ending -sta, giving us vanhoista.
Why does vanhoista have the exact same ending as kilpa-autoista?
In Finnish, adjectives must match the noun they describe in both number (singular or plural) and case. Since the race cars (kilpa-autoista) are in the plural elative because of the verb pitää, the adjective describing them must also take the plural elative form (vanhoista).
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